Crotoniidae
Crotoniidae are a family of mites of the Holosomata group that may be the first animal lineage to have abandoned sexual reproduction and then re-evolved it. This is a spectacular case of atavism, and later convergent evolution.Species
- Crotonia Thorell, 1876
- * Crotonia alluaudi — Africa
- * Crotonia americana — South America
- * Crotonia ardala Luxton, 1987 — Australia
- * Crotonia blaszaki Szywilewska, Olszanowski & Norton, 2005 — Chile
- * Crotonia borbora Luxton, 1987 — Australia
- * Crotonia brassicae Wallwork, 1977 — St. Helena
- * Crotonia brevicornuta — Antarctica
- * Crotonia camelus — New Caledonia
- * Crotonia capistrata Luxton, 1987 — Australia
- * Crotonia caudalis — New Zealand
- * Crotonia cervicorna Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand
- * Crotonia chiloensis Wallwork, 1977 — Chile
- * Crotonia cophinaria — Argentina, New Zealand
- * Crotonia cupulata Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand
- * Crotonia dicella Colloff, 1990 — Natal, South Africa
- * Crotonia ecphyla Colloff, 1990 — Natal
- * Crotonia flagellata — South America
- * Crotonia jethurmerae Lee, 1985 — South Australia
- * Crotonia lanceolata Wallwork, 1977 — St. Helena
- * Crotonia longibulbula Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand
- * Crotonia lyrata Colloff, 1990 — Natal
- * Crotonia marlenae Olszanowski, 1997 — Serra do Mar, Parati area; Brazil
- * Crotonia nukuhivae — Pacific islands
- * Crotonia obtecta — Chile, New Zealand
- * Crotonia ovata Olszanowski, 2000 — Hellyer River gorge: Tasmania
- * Crotonia pauropelor Colloff, 1990 — Natal
- * Crotonia perforata Wallwork, 1977 — St. Helena
- * Crotonia pulchra — Neotropics
- * Crotonia reticulata Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand
- * Crotonia rothschildi — Ethiopia
- * Crotonia tryjanowskii Olszanowski, 2000 — New England N.P.: New South Wales
- * Crotonia tuberculata Luxton, 1982 — New Zealand
- * Crotonia unguifera New Zealand
- Holonothrus Wallwork, 1963
- * Holonothrus artus Olszanowski, 1999 — Aisen, Queulat National Park, Puerto Cisnes area: Chile; Melanesia
- * Holonothrus concavus Wallwork, 1966 — Antarctica
- * Holonothrus foliatus Wallwork, 1963 — Antarctica
- * Holonothrus gracilis Olszanowski, 1997 — South Island, Nelson Lakes National Park: New Zealand
- * Holonothrus mitis Olszanowski, 1991 — Tasmania, Australia
- * Holonothrus naskreckii Olszanowski, 1997 — South Island, Nelson Lakes National Park; New Zealand
- * Holonothrus nortoni Olszanowski, 1999 — Dominica, Trois Pitons: Leeward Islands
- * Holonothrus novaecaledoniae Olszanowski, 1997 — Mount Paine: New Caledonia
- * Holonothrus papua Balogh & Balogh, 1986 — Papua New Guinea
- * Holonothrus pulcher Hammer, 1966 — New Zealand
- * Holonothrus robustus Olszanowski, 1991 — Tasmania, Australia
- * Holonothrus venetiolanus Olszanowski, 1999 — Mérida, Laguna Negra: Venezuela; neotropical
- * Holonothrus virungensis Norton & Olszanowski, 1989 — Congo: Kinshasa
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